• (British) IPA: /ˈsnɪk.ə(ɹ)/
• (America) IPA: /ˈsnɪkɚ/

US variant of the British snigger, possibly of onomatopoeic origin, similar to Dutch snikken ("to gasp; sob"). The noun is first recorded 1836, from the verb.

snicker (plural snickers)

1. A stifled or broken laugh.

• French: ricanement
• German: Kichern, Gekicher
• Italian: risatina
• Spanish: risita
• Russian: хихиканье

snicker (snickers, present participle snickering; simple past and past participle snickered)

1. (intransitive) To emit a snicker, a stifled or broken laugh.
   • 1915 June, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, in Prufrock and Other Observations, London: The Egotist […], published 1917, →OCLC ↗, page 13 ↗:

     I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, / And in short, I was afraid.

2. (transitive) To utter through a laugh of this kind.
3. (of a horse) To whinny.

• See also Thesaurus:laugh

• French: ricaner
• German: kichern
• Portuguese: casquinar
• Spanish: reír disimuladamente

From snick + -er.

snicker (plural snickers)

1. (cricket, rare) A player who snicks the ball.